Use of this
form is optional. To be valid, your application must include your name,
voting residence address, date of birth, and signature; the election for
which the ballot is requested and, if a partisan primary election, your
political party affiliation; statement you are a qualified elector in
the county; and one of the following: your Ohio drivers license number,
the last four digits of your social security number, or a copy of your
current and valid photo identification, a military identification, or a
current (within the last 12 months) utility bill, bank statement,
government check, paycheck or other government document (other than a
voter registration notification mailed by a board of elections) that
shows your name and address.

2.

An
application by mail must be received by your county board of elections
by noon on the third day before the election. The last day of in person
voting is Monday, November 3 from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Applications for persons who are hospitalized
or for persons whose minor child is hospitalized due to an accident or
unforeseeable medical emergency will be accepted until 3 p.m. on
Election Day.

3.

When you
receive your ballot: If you return your ballot by mail, it must be
postmarked* no later than the day before Election Day and received by
your county board of elections no later than 10 days after the election.
If you return your ballot in person or if a near relative delivers it to
the board for you, it must be delivered to your county board of
elections no later than the close of polls on Election Day. If you are a
voter outside of the United States on Election Day, the ballot envelope
must be signed or postmarked before the close of polls and received by
the board no later than 10 days after Election Day or 20 days after a
presidential primary election. *Postmarked does not include
a date marked by a postage evidence system such as a postage meter.

Reminder: You are
no longer required to provide a reason to receive an absentee ballot. To save
valuable time, fill out an absentee request form and mail it to our office at
Licking Co. Board of Elections, 20 S. Second St., Newark, OH 43055. We will mail
you a ballot.